Lectures On Geography. By Lieutenant-general R. Strachey,...
are four lectures introductory to the study of geography delivered by the President of the Royal Geographical Society at Cambridge, where a University Lecture- ship in Geography......
Loyalty George. By Mrs. Parr. 3 Vols. (richard Bentley And
Son.)—There are some fine and powerful studies of character in. Loyalty George, and we are unable to decide to which we shall award the palm as the most vivid and lifelike. In......
A Vacation In A Buggy. By Maria Louise Pool. (g.
P. Putnam's Sons.)—This is a series of amusing sketches, the adventures of two lone ladies who take a driving tour among the Berkshire Hills, —the Berkshire in New York State,......
The Irish In Australia. By J. F. Hogan. (ward And
Downey.) —Mr. Hogan's subject is an interesting one to Irishmen, and he himself is thoroughly conversant with this history of Irishmen in. Australia. Unfortunately, he has......
Reincarnation : A Study Of Forgotten Truth. By C. D.
Walker. (Ward and Lock.)—Reincarnation is our old acquaintance metem- psychosis, it being understood that the transmigrations of the human soul are not from man to the lower......
In "gale And Polden's Military Series," We Have Soldiers'...
by Lieutenant H. de B. Hovell, and Notes on Army Signalling, by Captain E. T. C. Bower. (Gale and Polden, Chatham.) —The author of Soldiers' Shooting asserts very emphatically......
The Diary Of Mr. Justice Rokeby. (privately...
made Justice of the Common Pleas in 1689, and removed to the King's Bench in 1695. He died in 1699. His diary contains notes of cases tried by him, and some personal......
Percy Bysshe Shelley. By H. S. Salt. (swan Sonnenschein And
Co.)—Mr. Salt complains that none of Shelley's biographers, "with the possible exception of Leigh Hunt, have been heartily in accord with his social and moral doctrines." This......
Great Minds In Art. By William Tirebuck. (t. Fisher Unwin.)
—As Mr. Tirebuck aptly remarks in his introduction, the lives of great painters are made up of two phases, the biographical and the artistic ; the former being often the record......
Practical Hints On Shooting. By "20-bore." (began Paul...
advice which " 20-Bore " gives on the subject of guns is not of a nature to render much assistance to a would- be sportsman. Instead of enlarging on the merits of various......
A Book About Bees. By F. G. Jenyns. (wells Gardner
and Co.)—We are glad to see another book about bees, for such books are much wanted. This is intended for young people ; but, indeed, in the matter of bee-keeping most people......
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